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'As Time Goes By' Trivia Quiz

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A multiple-choice quiz by ashling. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
ashling

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
156,054

Updated
May 22 23

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
14 / 20

Plays
2504

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 103 (20/20), Guest 120 (14/20), Guest 70 (18/20).

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Question 1 of 20

1. What color is the slip Jean was wearing the first time she and Lionel spent the night together? Hint

gray

pink

white

oyster

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Question 2 of 20

2. Who arranges Jean and Lionel's wedding for them? Hint

Judy

Rocky

Mrs. Bale

Alistair

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Question 3 of 20

3. What is Jean's first husband's name? Hint

Peter

James

Harry

David

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Question 4 of 20

4. What is the name of the boyfriend Sandy is living with before she moves in with Jean and Lionel?
Hint

Nick

Digby

Harry

Eric

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Question 5 of 20

5. What song are Jean and Lionel reminiscing about in the record store when Penny suddenly enters? Hint

Rock Around The Clock

Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag

Walking My Baby Back Home

As Time Goes By

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Question 6 of 20

6. What is Lionel's first wife's name after she remarries? Hint

Margaret Butterworth

Margaret Butterton

Margaret Hanson

Margaret Bale

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Question 7 of 20

7. When Jean buys herself a teddy bear, what name does she give him? Hint

Teddy

Gerald

Pooh

Herbert

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Question 8 of 20

8. What do Harry and Sandy do on their first date? Hint

go to the movies

she watches him play rugby

go hiking

go ice skating

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Question 9 of 20

9. What nickname did Lionel have for Jean when they first were dating? Hint

Sweetheart

Baby

Piglet

Pooh

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Question 10 of 20

10. What part of London do the Hardcastle's reside? Hint

White Chapel

The Southside

Harley Street

Holland Park

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Question 11 of 20

11. How many years were Jean and Lionel separated? Hint

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Question 12 of 20

12. Back in the 1950's when Lionel is posted to Korea he writes Jean a letter that never turns up. Where does Lionel eventually find this letter? Hint

The Imperial War Museum

In his old duffel bag

The Victoria and Albert Museum

With the mail-- the post office finally delivered it!

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Question 13 of 20

13. Why does Jean say she and Lionel are smiling in a picture taken of them when they were young and having a romance? Hint

They just discovered how to make fire

They just finished having a nice tea

They were in love

They had just kissed for the first time

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Question 14 of 20

14. How was Lionel wounded in Korea? Hint

He was kicked by a mule

He stepped on a landmine

He was shot

He was hit by a jeep

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Question 15 of 20

15. Why does Jean say she and Lionel couldn't have run around together on the first picnic they went to? Hint

They were too full

The field was full of cow pats

The field was too muddy

Lionel had sprained his ankle

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Question 16 of 20

16. Lionel has a very talkative secretary helping him when he is writing the mini-series. What is her name? Hint

Mrs. Bale

Sandy

Daisy

Mrs. Flack

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Question 17 of 20

17. The night before their wedding Lionel was calling out a word over and over again in his sleep. What was the word? Hint

Surgeon

Sturgeon

Surge

Surcharge

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Question 18 of 20

18. What did Judy buy for Lionel when he was moving in with Jean? Hint

A new televison

A stuffed zerba's head

A chair

Some custard tarts

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Question 19 of 20

19. Who does Lionel walk in on while she is taking a bath? Hint

Madge

Judy

Sandy

Jean

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Question 20 of 20

20. In what country to Jean and Lionel take their honeymoon? Hint

America

Wales

Scotland

France

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Most Recent Scores

Dec 13 2024 : Guest 103: 20/20
Dec 12 2024 : Guest 120: 14/20
Dec 03 2024 : Guest 70: 18/20
Oct 31 2024 : angostura: 20/20
Oct 31 2024 : Guest 120: 19/20
Oct 25 2024 : Guest 86: 17/20

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What color is the slip Jean was wearing the first time she and Lionel spent the night together?

Answer: oyster

Lionel first says "You wore a gray slip" but Jean corrects him and tells him it was oyster.

2. Who arranges Jean and Lionel's wedding for them?

Answer: Alistair

At first Lionel refuses Alistair's offer to organize the wedding but after pulling down the curtain rod he tells Jean to get Alistair back and lets him take over the arranging.

3. What is Jean's first husband's name?

Answer: David

4. What is the name of the boyfriend Sandy is living with before she moves in with Jean and Lionel?

Answer: Nick

She tells Jean she left Nick because he "blows too hot and cold for her."

5. What song are Jean and Lionel reminiscing about in the record store when Penny suddenly enters?

Answer: Walking My Baby Back Home

Jean sings the song trying to remember the lyrics and states that it was quite a provocative song for the time. Lionel says he wondered why the man in the song was walking his baby back home in his vest until he learned that vest was American for waistcoat.

6. What is Lionel's first wife's name after she remarries?

Answer: Margaret Butterworth

When asked where her husband is Margaret says, "Oh Butterworth? Pushing up daisies."

7. When Jean buys herself a teddy bear, what name does she give him?

Answer: Herbert

Jean buys herself a teddy bear to cheer herself up after dropping in at the office and seeing how well Judy and Sandy are running things without her.

8. What do Harry and Sandy do on their first date?

Answer: go ice skating

Afterwards Sandy is forced to sit on cushions because she has discovered skating is not one of her talents.

9. What nickname did Lionel have for Jean when they first were dating?

Answer: Pooh

Lionel called her this because Jean liked honey.

10. What part of London do the Hardcastle's reside?

Answer: Holland Park

11. How many years were Jean and Lionel separated?

Answer: 38

Met when Jean was a nurse and Lionel was called up for national service. When Lionel was posted to Korea they lost touch.

12. Back in the 1950's when Lionel is posted to Korea he writes Jean a letter that never turns up. Where does Lionel eventually find this letter?

Answer: The Imperial War Museum

Lionel has them photocopy it for him and Jean finally gets to read the letter he wrote to her all those years ago.

13. Why does Jean say she and Lionel are smiling in a picture taken of them when they were young and having a romance?

Answer: They just discovered how to make fire

Jean is showing a picture of her and Lionel to Judy after she (Judy) comes home from a date with Lionel.

14. How was Lionel wounded in Korea?

Answer: He was kicked by a mule

It was a British mule to boot!

15. Why does Jean say she and Lionel couldn't have run around together on the first picnic they went to?

Answer: The field was full of cow pats

This was said on another picnic that the two of them went on with Alistair and Judy in which they played "games with the children and flaked out."

16. Lionel has a very talkative secretary helping him when he is writing the mini-series. What is her name?

Answer: Mrs. Flack

Mrs. Flack drove Lionel to distraction with her stories about her dog, her late husband and her cousin's inflamed tendon.

17. The night before their wedding Lionel was calling out a word over and over again in his sleep. What was the word?

Answer: Sturgeon

Later Lionel is going on about how they dont' know any normal people. Jean asks Lionel if he would consider someone who yells out sturgeon in his sleep as being mad and Lionel laughs replying that he would, obviously not knowing that he was the one who did this.

18. What did Judy buy for Lionel when he was moving in with Jean?

Answer: A chair

Judy explains to Jean that she bought it for him because everything in the house is so feminine.

19. Who does Lionel walk in on while she is taking a bath?

Answer: Sandy

Sandy forgot to lock the door and Lionel forgot to knock.

20. In what country to Jean and Lionel take their honeymoon?

Answer: Scotland

It was in a little hotel that Rocky discribed as "Nothing in the middle of nowhere." Lionel said from that discription he knew that he and Jean would love it.

Source: Author ashling

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